The J. Burton Linker Fund, established by J. Burton Linker, Jr., ’44, of Chapel Hill, and Edward M. Linker of Martinsville, Va., in honor of UNC-CH Mathematics Professor J. Burton Linker, provides for the annual Linker Award. This departmental award is presented annually to a graduate teaching assistant who has shown the greatest effectiveness as a teacher of undergraduate mathematics courses.

The award was established in honor of UNC-CH Mathematics Professor J. Burton Linker, Jr., who was recognized as a top scholar at UNC. His high standards and unique treatment of material made his classes unforgettable for most of his students. Math 141, “Differential Equations,” practically became synonymous with his name. Though he taught the same courses year after year, his students attested to his ability to make the material seem fresh, as though he were working the problems for the first time.

Past Recipients